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CEMEX has taken part in the reconstruction of the Guajataca Reservoir in Puerto Rico, which suffered significant structural damage in the wake of Hurricane María in September 2017.

When Hurricane María entered Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm two years ago, sustained winds of approximately 250 kilometres per hour caused estimated damage of approximately US$100bn, left the entire island without electricity, and broke the spillway of this important reservoir. CEMEX says the break was one of the most alarm

Building materials group LafargeHolcim has appointed Magali Anderson as its first chief sustainability officer.

The company says the move accelerates its efforts to be an industry leader on decarbonisation, circular economy, health and safety and corporate social responsibility.

Anderson takes up the position, which is part of the executive committee, effective from October 1.

LafargeHolcim CEO Jan Jenisch commented: "This will accelerate our vision of running our operations with zero harm to peop

Institute of Quarrying (IQ) is holding its Fellows’ Lunch and IQ Student Awards at the Tower of London on Friday 1 November.

The celebration and networking event returns to the venue after the inaugural IQ Fellows Lunch and Student Awards were held there in 2018. It hosts senior industry figures, and among the guests will be award-winning students from the University of Derby’s Centre for Mineral Products.

IQ chief executive officer James Thorne said: “The IQ Fellows Lunch and Student Awards is an

Water technology company Xylem has launched the new Godwin NC100S and CD100S Dri-Prime dewatering pumps, the third and fourth pumps in the Godwin S Series of smart pumps.

Doosan plans to extend its new Stage V compliant models across the company’s entire excavator range by mid-2020.

The newly launched Doosan DX300LC-7 30 tonne model – which is used in the construction and demolition sectors – is the company’s first mid-sized Stage V crawler excavator. It is now being joined by the 36 tonne DX350LC-7 model – suitable for use in construction demolition and small quarries – which is available to European customers from the start of October.

Stage V ‘-7’ models of the res

Waste management solutions provider The Woods Waste Group says it is using its fleet of Case Construction Equipment machines to recycle 85% of the material that enters its yard.

The group - based in Blackpool, north-west England - adds that the machines are used to move the commercial waste that arrives from construction and road building sites through crushing, washing and processing stages, after which the product can be sold again as several different grades of cleaned stone or soil.

The Woods Wa

Major infrastructure projects will contribute to growth of between 3% and 5% in France's construction sector this year, according to Evolis.

The French construction industry group says that the sector experienced strong growth of 4.8% in 2017, followed by a slower rate of 3.1% in 2018.

Evolis says that, within an overall trend of growth, there are differences depending on the industry segment.

The public works sector is expected to continue to rise in 2019, at a rate of 10%. Local government spend

Volvo CE has identified five of the most common errors made by machine operators.

The equipment manufacturer says that operator behaviour not only affects machine health but also the productivity and profitability of the entire site operations. The five common errors it has highlighted are:

1. Not leaving a machine to idle for a few minutes before shutting it down. If an operator consistently shuts down their machine without letting the engine idle for a few minutes first, eventually it will lead to d

More than a dozen representatives from the UK’s National Parks have visited Tarmac’s Swinden Quarry in North Yorkshire, England, to learn more about the importance of quarrying in the Yorkshire Dales.

The visit was part of this year's National Park’s biennial conference, which was sponsored by lead partner, Tarmac, the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions company.

The day included an introduction to the company and the history of the site, and delegates were kitted o

Jörg Wörner has begun work as German off-highway machine tyre giant Continental’s new customer solutions engineer for earthmover tyres in the Commercial Specialty Tyres (CST) area.

Wörner’s arrival boosts the company’s EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) technical customer service operation.
He brings with him more than 30 years’ experience in the tyre business. He worked at Michelin Reifenwerke AG & Co. KGaA from 1987, including nearly 15 years as a customer service engineer in earthmover and industria

The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) will join national leaders, as well as those from finance, business and civil society, at the 2019 Climate Action Summit to be held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Convened by the UN Secretary General António Guterres, the Climate Action Summit aims to galvanise action on climate change and implementation of the Paris Agreement.

As part of the summit, GCCA CEO, Benjamin Sporton, has been invited to moderate a session that will consider